Took a little longer than expected to get this update primped and pretty and ready to be posted. But finally got around to it. Might be another stretch till the next one but it will be coming. So stay strong guys.
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The Wolf and The Blossom
Chapter Five
The haze of sleep had barely managed to subside before the warm calloused pad of a strong hand grasped a hold of slumped still shoulders.
With a light rock Kagome's hazel orbs fluttered open her chocolate twin pools instantly fixing on the crouched figure looming over her. Kouga's inhumanly bright eyes staring down towards the only now conscious human woman partially buried beneath thick furs and silks.
"Kou-" Kagome partially muttered forcing herself at least partly upwards. Her eyes not yet adjusted to the darkness of the cave. It was obvious early judging by the thick scent of morning due she had come to familiarize herself with. Before sunrise she guessed, but being this deep within the mountain and she with no real source of light could be mistaken.
But how utterly exhausted she felt from the sudden deprivation of sleep. Told her she wasn't.
"Get dressed." Kouga ordered calmly rocking back onto his heels until his touch fell away all together as he rose to stand.
Kagome blinked in confusion. Was this some sort of test? She hadn't seen or spoken to the brutish wolf demon since last night. The unwanted pulse in her still bruised cheek instantly reminding her why.
Not wanting a repeat of such a traumatizing moment she did as she was instructed lifting up to a full sitting positing careful to bring a handful of silken bedspread with her.
Though Kouga hadn't returned to the cave she assumed his rules still stood regardless. The specific one that warned her not to wear clothing to bed. Not really sure if the wolf intended to return or not she had taken all the necessary precautions. Only relying on the mess of bedding to shield her from his lingering eyes.
"I want to show you something." Kouga whispered walking towards the cave entrance where Kagome stared after him in utter disbelief.
Now this hadn't been expected. Was he luring her into some sort of trap? Was she suppose to follow? The last time she stepped foot outside the cave her face had paid the price for such a thoughtless action.
Kagome swallowed her reluctance silently. Having learned what she had she knew it was much easier not to mention painless just to give the azure eye wolf what he wanted.
If this was some type of test, which she secretly prayed it wasn't she only hoped she would have the will to face it as she had everything else.
But still, how much more could one person possibly take?
Weathered eyes took in the gleaming sight of the temple polished idol. It wasn't often that the hunched figure of Kagome's grandfather visited this holy place. Being spiritual in his own right he preferred to practice at home with his family. But lately he had far to much to ask of the gods to do so alone.
This small tradition of burning a few sacred herbs and bringing offerings of food had become his routine ever since Kagome had been chosen at the marking. The day that the entire dynamic of his life changed, and not for the better.
Ever since the day his first precious grandchild had been born he had dreamt of nothing else but a future for the rosy cheeked girl. Her growing into a great beauty like her mother before her, the day she settled down when she found a suitable husband. Even having children of her own. It had all seemed so perfect, the completed circle that every elder dreamt of.
To having his bloodline continue until he became a great ancestor to idolize as he had done all his life to those who came before him.
But in one instant. One horrid carnal act, that beautiful future had been ripped away from him the moment his Kagome was forced into that darkness of that accused forest.
Bowing his head wearily he prayed oh so sincerely to whoever was listening above. To deliver his granddaughter from whatever fate had befallen her. To have her returned home in one way or another.
If she was still of this world then he would move heaven and earth to see her safely to his arms again. And if not…then he prayed for the return of her remains. To burry her with the grace and tribute she deserved.
Either way he would have the closer he and his daughter and grandson sought. It was this. The unknowing that was hurting the trio of them the most. Not knowing if Kagome yet drew breath in this world or not.
Rising to his aged knees he eyed the temple idol with pleading and sorrow.
If anyone was listening, please hear this prayer. Please let her return to those who loved her, in one form or another.
Let her come home.
Freedom had never felt so good. The sun, the breeze carrying through the valley floor was a melody long forgotten and one Kagome hadn't suspected to hear for a long time.
Ankle deep in crystal clear water she stared above to the cloudless sky and the bright overhanging orb of light that basked her in light above. This wasn't real freedom, it was only a temporary relief from the brutality her life had become. But it was welcomed all the same.
Since leaving the height of the mountains behind hours ago Kagome had feared the worse leaving the cave further than she had ever before since her capture.
It didn't help that Kouga hadn't told her single detail about exactly where they were going. Only stating he had something to show her. Being that cryptic had filled her with dread at the possibilities.
But imagine her shock and disbelief when the azure eyed wolf had led her here. To a grove of absolutely breathtaking scenery. A spring fed pond rooted in the center surrounded by countless breeds of wildflower and greenery.
Basked in the mid-day sun it had been the most beautiful thing she could ever remember seeing since being held in the darkness of the caverns.
Adding to her amazement Kouga had given her free range of the valley sanctuary with the condition she didn't wander far. It had taken Kagome completely by surprise, this seemingly genuine act of kindness.
It almost felt like his attempt at an apology for his behavior. Which honestly seemed absurd considering the type of demon she knew Kouga was. He was prideful, brutish and obviously didn't care for the worth of human life. But somehow….it felt like he was trying. Trying to understand her maybe?
She didn't think to question him on it though, far to ecstatic to explore this escape from the life she had been enduring for so long now.
Kouga was a complicated man to understand, and though Kagome knew herself to have a forgiving nature. She would make herself see past the demon she knew he was for the sake of peace between them.
She would forget this incident, but that didn't mean she would ever forgive.
Feeling the sand between her toes and the wind in her hair she smiled so happily, it was when all else seemed lost that you learned to enjoy the smallest things in life.
So many times she had taken a place like this for granted. The rolling hills along side the village. How many times had she sat upon them just wishing she was somewhere else? Only to now give anything to be upon them once again.
It was simple kind of irony but one she couldn't see herself looking past.
Grasping hold of the fine fabric of the new navy kimono Kouga had given her she hiked the hem a bit higher as she trailed deeper into the summer water. Wanting to savor the feeling for as long as possible.
All the while a sharpen pair of azure orbs watching her every careless move.
Kouga stared calmly at the beaming priestess several yards off currently hip deep in sparkling water from beneath the shade of an over hanging tree. Feeling the soft grass beneath him and the warmth of the fragmented rays bursting through the tree canopy over head. He was finding it harder and harder to keep himself conscious.
Last night hadn't been exactly peaceful for him, having this gnawing feeling of guilt eating away at him. Honestly he didn't really comprehend why.
In his long life span he had done far worse than just what the raven haired girl had endured at his hands. So why did he suddenly feel bad about it? Hell he had torn her kind apart before, not emotionally or figuratively he had literarily torn them to pieces with the savagery of his claws and fangs for daring to challenge him.
Then again after such a slaughter, he had no tie to ever revisit the damage his rage had left in its wake. Maybe that's what it was about the girl and battered appearance?
He couldn't just walk away from it. It was there staring at him relentlessly with the damage his hands had caused. All this would be so much simpler if he just discarded the girl like she suggested. In all actuality it was the most sensible thing to do! Why keep her? He wanted her, he had taken her time and time again. But the desire for more still remained.
It had never been this way for him before. Woman were just as disposable as any other pleasure in this life. Yet the idea of the girl not being within his reach any longer. It made him feel…uncomfortable.
Like her absence would effect him in a displeasing way. A way he would rather avoid for now.
Exhausted Kouga threw himself back onto the grass staring up towards the flawlessly blue sky through the rustling of the leaves above.
He didn't know what it was about the girl. But he didn't enjoy hurting her. Of course he had over and over again, but apart from last night it really hadn't been intentional. He just constantly forgot how fragile humans were in comparison to his own kind.
When he was inside her, it wasn't her pain he thrived on. It was the pleasure he knew she received from having him. She could deny and fight it all she wanted but passion like that couldn't be faked. She craved him on a physical level she could not deny.
But in turn there laid his latest dilemma. He had sworn not to touch her again until she gave him permission to do so. In the brief time they had been together if he had learned anything it was that the girl was stubborn, maybe even as much as he could be.
It hadn't been a planned out strategy by any means but the way she looked at him after he had struck her. Like she hated him, actually hated him. It hadn't set well with him and that pledge seemed the only way to win her trust back even partially.
But then again what did he expect? He had torn the girl away from everything she had ever known to be occupy his bed and nothing else. Her purpose was gone, and the harsh reality of what this world really was had taken its place.
It was all to easy for her to hate him, and he didn't blame her a bit for it.
But at the same time, he still wanted her to want him. To be with him, even if just for the physicality of it all. She could despise him all she wanted, as long as she craved him the way he still craved her.
Closing his eyes Kouga shoved all the conflicting thoughts away. This day had been about establishing some sort of mutual peace between the two of them again. And he wouldn't be able to do that if he kept over thinking everything.
The girl would come around, he was sure of it. He only needed the patience to withstand the drought.
And that would be a lot easier with a little rest.
Breathing deeply he let the humming of the wind fill his pointed ears, the rustling of the grass and the chirping of distance birds lull him to forget everything around him and focus on one thing alone.
Rest.
The clouds at first seemed so absent like they would spend the entire day hidden from sight, but like all things in the wilds of the mountains nothing was certain.
It had only taken a few hours since the midday when the thick no doubt storm like puffs of water had come back towards the cliffs with a vengeance.
This shift in weather being observed by the duo pairs of beady onyx colored eyes currently standing and partially leaning against the rock face of the mountain.
"Urgh go away!" Ginta shouted angrily. Why was it every time he and Hakkaku were placed on patrol together the god damn storms wanted to rear their ugly heads their direction.
The gray haired demon stared down to his counterpart who leaned agitatedly on the lower level of the cliff but still well within shouting distance.
"Why is it always me?" The mohawk styled demon whined eyeing the same shift in the once dry atmosphere as the demon currently above him.
"Its not just you! I'm stuck out here too!" Ginta snapped a bit annoyed his own misery had been so carelessly over looked.
Hakkaku already felt his retort burning his tongue but before he could fire it a shifting in the above quickly clouding sky caught his attention.
It was brief and honestly were it not for the un-weather related chill suddenly running up his spine he would have overlooked it altogether.
But something had just moved through the blanket of clouds above, something big.
Hakkaku swallowed down the rising panic filling his throat as he stared up to Ginta who instantly noticed the change his is suddenly to still comrade.
"What is it?" Ginta called down.
"Ginta, we need to leave." Hakkaku stated as clearly as he could without having to shout hoping Ginta could still hear the worry building in his voice.
"Are you crazy? If Kouga finds out we left patrol duty he'll skin us alive!" Ginta belted out already all to fearful of the possibilities.
"Ginta! Listen to me!" Hakkaku snapped back far to serious to be overlooked as he stared directly up to Ginta's matching pair of orbs.
"We need to leave." He mouthed.
Instantly the message was all to clear. Hakkaku was a lot of things but serious was not one of them, for him to be acting this way entailed only one thing.
He had seen something.
Instead of confirm his mutual comprehension of what was currently happening Ginta only nodded downward to his trusted friend. It was a silent understanding but the message was clear, they needed to get back to the main lair and now.
Were it not for the heavy shift in the air and the overly ripe scent of moisture suddenly filling his nostrils Kouga might have otherwise slept right through the night on the soft grass of the valley.
But all it took was one gentle breeze warning him of the storm that was fast approaching for him to pull himself out of the depths of slumber. A little groggy at first Kouga rose up to a sitting position re-examining his surroundings before his more alert self returned.
Apparently he had been more exhausted then he first realized. When he had closed his eyes the sky had been bright and flawless but now, it was a constant shade of grey and darkening blues.
A thick blanket of freshly rolled in clouds carpeting above and the heavy scent of rain filling his heighten sense of smell even now.
Running his calloused hand through his slightly messed raven locks turning to his side to do so only to take in a sight that brought him fully back to consciousness.
Kagome laid mere inches from where he had fallen asleep her graceful figure curved and motionless as she too slept through the not yet arrived storm.
Kouga blinked in amazement. So she had come to rest beside him? Here he thought he would have to drag her away from the valley floor, that was if she hadn't been foolish enough to try and make a run for it first.
But here she slept, her kimono hiked to her shins the lower fabric visibly damp from the playing she had done in the spring fed pond. Her raven hair fanned out on top of the lush greenery she laid upon.
It was clear in all the excitement she must have worn herself out. Kouga smirked to himself, it was this child like naiveté that captivated him so sometimes.
He after all was a demon, he had lived dozens of human lifespan over and over again and seen most of the world ten times over. But her, the way she had a way of looking at everything, like it truly was the first time.
Even after what she had suffered at his hands, to still hold at that amazement for the world.
It showed him how truly resilient this human was.
Kouga leaned over towards her brushing a stray hair from the soft corner of her lip. He had to make a note to bring her here more often, it was obvious she could be trusted.
His thumb stroked the swell of her bottom lip longingly, he wanted to taster her. To wake her up with hot lingering kisses on her throat and caresses over the swell of her hips.
The idea seemed so appeasing it was becoming more difficult to resist. Brushing her hair further back he leaned in closely intending to whisper in her ear.
But the moment his lips made contact with her soft lobe, her heard her whisper.
"Souta-" Kagome breathed her hazel eyes still sealed softly shut as she dreamt of home.
Instantly Kouga's hand fell away as he stared down to the sleeping girl at his side. Questing what he had just heard her sigh, but the name she had just breathed began ringing in his head on permanent replay.
At first he was far to stunned to react, but the shock quickly ebbed away into something far more familiar and heated. Rage.
So the girl had known another man? Obviously not in the physical sense that couldn't be contested Kouga knew without a doubt he had been the first between her thighs.
But all this time, ever since bringing her to the mountain she had spoken of nothing else than those she protected back in her meaningless little village.
Was this 'Souta' person one of them? Is that how she had endured so much? Dreaming of one day returning to this human she obviously dreamt about?
Kouga's blood boiled at the mere thought of another laying hands on what belonged to him! Adding insult to injury was that was exactly what Kagome seemed to want. Of all the nights they had shared his bed she hadn't once dreamt of him, at least to his knowledge.
Him. The man that was actually satisfying her needs, deny all she wanted there was no shielding the fact that she craved him inside her. Him, not whoever the hell this other bastard was.
Fearing what he might do if he didn't distance himself her jerked away from Kagome the motion instantly pulling Kagome from her dreams of home.
Her eyes fluttered open as she slowly lifted up onto her elbow her other hand gently beginning to rub the sleep from her eyes.
Staring at the back of the now fully standing wolf demon Kagome smiled.
She must've fallen asleep too, and here she had only come to sit by Kouga side until her kimono dried from her impulsive swim. The material felt dry enough now, so she supposed dozing off had come with a few perks.
"Kouga?" She blinked rising to a sitting position. She was about to ask how the wolf demon had slept but before she could muster the words she was all to quickly cut off.
"We're leaving." Kouga stated blunt and cold not even granting Kagome a single glace before he started marching off.
Kagome sat dumbstruck for a second, she had only now woken up what could she possibly have done to frustrate the wolf demon so? It became all to clear though she wasn't going to be given the opportunity to ask as she watched Kouga being marching off with out her.
More afraid of what would happen if she didn't follow than if she remained put she scrambled to her feet before trailing after the determined marching wolf demon. Though she was beyond cautious to leave a fair amount of distance between them as she did so.
Keep her gaze ground level she followed him step for step. She didn't know what she had done, but secrets were something that didn't last long between the two of them. So whatever crime she had committed to anger him, she knew it would soon come out.
She only feared the outcome when it did.
"You have to tell me!" Souta's stern little voice demanded.
His youthful eyes fixated on the obviously reluctant village headman who had finally agreed to face him after dozens of attempts to do so.
"There is no point young Souta." The weathered man sighed tiredly. Though he admired the dedication the brazen boy held of his older sister. He knew there would be little to no chance of aiding the girl wherever she may be.
"You said there was a way! A way to slay a wolf demon!" Souta shouted retorting the very words the headman had whispered to him moment before.
"I never said it was full proof lad." The elder defended. Even now angry at himself for even letting what little defense he knew against the wolf demons past through his lips.
Way before his birth, back when the village still tried in vane to defy the crushing authority of the demonic presences high in the surrounding mountains. He had heard tell of a spiritual blade. A sword forged from the holy hands of monks and purified with the ancient sacred rituals of the village founders.
But that was centuries ago. And though the blade still remained in the village. The usefulness of such a single object was next to nothing. No one blade could slay the hundreds of demons that now dwelt in the mountains.
Now the holy object was nothing more than a token of the past, buried away in the artifacts of his family treasures. But much like those trinkets, it was meaningless.
As far as he knew the bold tails of glory and power the sword did hold were far exaggerated. There was no proof it actually worked, or if it ever really did.
"It'll work! I know it will. I have to-" Souta began bravely. He would brave the mountain alone if he had to. He just had to get the sword into his sisters hands. If anyone could fight her way out of the clutches of demons it would be her! He had seen her do it time and time again with his own eyes!
"Listen to me Souta." The village headman began sternly catching the youthful boy of guard with his hard tone.
"She is gone son. You must move past this." He breathed.
Souta froze his large exuberant eyes scanning the wrinkled face of the man he had actually admired the better part of his life. But that respect quickly faded at the callousness of his words.
"Never." Souta vowed. If the headman wouldn't help him. He would do this on his own, he just had to find the right opportunity to do so.
But either way. The result would be the same, he would save his sister!
Bursting into a dark unknown cave would any other time terrified Kagome but right now being anywhere that wasn't currently drowning in rainwater was a welcomed escape!
She fumbled blindly into the opening on the rock wall of the lower mountain side her soaked hands gripping hold of the stone walls in effort to guide herself into the blacken void.
Aided only momentarily when a series of hard lightning flashes cracked across the sky partially illuminating her surroundings. The cave was small and slightly cramped with narrowness of its walls but at the center laid a flatten pallet of furs and leather hides a make shift bed of sorts. The pile resting beside a burnt out fire pit that had been dug straight through the rock flooring, though it currently held nothing but a mount of ash.
"Well stay here till it clears up." Kouga instructed wiping the back of his hand against his absolutely soaked forehead and brow.
Kagome watched as thick droplets rolled from his wet tresses of raven hair to trail down off his jaw. Even in the pour lighting she could see he was equally as drenched as she was.
The storm currently raging mere feet away had begun as quickly as the clouds had moved in. They had narrowly made it up the mountain path when the down pour began.
Though she was almost certain they would have been back at the main cave by now had Kouga aided her in her attempt up the cliff sides. But the wolf demon had barely lifted a finger as she a tried her best to keep pace with his endless march.
Whatever had angered him at the valley floor obviously hadn't subsided. He was just as impossibly agitated with her as he had been several hours ago. Though the crime that she had committed to unleash such agitation had yet to be revealed.
"Okay." Kagome agreed in no hurry to head back out into that unbelievably violent storm. Though the chaotic thunder and endless rain seemed much more welcoming to her presence then the wolf demon currently avoiding her gaze.
Exhausted from the battering barrage of water he had just absorbed Kouga flopped down carelessly at the cave entrance. His face mere inches from where the rain still hammered the outside stone cliff walls.
It had been fortunate even at their incredibly slow pace, they had managed to make it here. To one of dozen of patrol caverns lined all along the mountain. It was easy enough to wait out the weather in a place like this. Even if it didn't have the comforts of home.
A fire would be a great reprieve right now to dry his absolutely soaked state. But these caves were rarely used this close to the valley floor and he doubted up keep of fire wood had been a priority to the soul who usually dwelled here.
For now he would just have to be appeased to be out of the rain.
Kagome trying her best to look past Kouga's standoffish attitude took a seat on the opposite side of the cave opening directly in front of the off looking demon.
Her knees tucked to her chest as she tried to ignore the sheer discomfort of being this sopping wet and having no means to remedy the situation.
She curled her arms around herself in a self protective hug as she tried her best to wish away the water droplets constantly running down her face and the chill that clung to her drenched body.
"You should get some rest." Kouga stated uncaringly not even bothering to glance Kagome's direction as he watched the transparent curtain of water falling mercilessly mere inches away.
"I'm fine." Kagome lied as she sunk her pearl teeth into her pouted bottom lip trying to stop her teeth from chattering before they could begin.
Sleep was the absolutely furthest thing from her mind. As exhausted as she was from making the trip up the mountain she couldn't possibly mange to drift away into unconscious when she was this miserably wet and cold.
Sniffling Kagome glanced to Kouga who sat stone faced and obviously unaffected by the dampness they both shared. Not surprising really he was a demon after all. It wasn't really shocking that a little thing like a thunderstorm would have any impact on him whatsoever.
But that didn't mean he looked completely content. The seed of anger she had come to feel ever since the valley could still be clearly seen in his inhuman eyes.
And though she knew better than to question him directly her want to know was still as potent as it had been before.
Gripping a bit tighter onto her own arms she tried to muster the courage to speak to him, but she was still just as intimidated as she ever had been.
"K-Kouga? Are you alright?" She whispered
The azure wolf gave almost no reaction other than to peer one demonically glowing eye in her direction. The hue of blue in his orb catching what little light there was to behold and illuminating outwards with a feline like characteristic.
"Why?" He snapped hatefully though his face gave no emotion what so ever.
"You just-" Kagome began far more unnerved by his clear resentment.
"Nothing." She corrected bowing her head in defeat. She didn't understand, the last time he had spoken to her. He was giving her permission to explore the valley. She had even made sure not to wandered from sight for fear it might upset him. She had given him no reason to be so suddenly angry with her. Had she?
Then again maybe it wasn't her that had made him so upset? Kagome rolled over the question in her mind. If not her than what? She thought back to anything that might better help her understand why Kouga was so clearly intolerant of anything at this moment.
Then as quickly as she thought about it a partial answer emerged. Maybe he was in pain? He had after all been injured a few days ago. Maybe it was still bothering him? She knew that much, demon or not. Men weren't incredibly tolerant when it came to discomfort.
If that was the case, he shouldn't be so aggravated towards her. If anything she could help.
Feeling a bit more motivated than before Kagome climbed to her feet casually walking towards Kouga until she knelt at his side.
"What are you doing?" Kouga questioned turning towards the brazenly kneeling woman at his side.
"Your back? How is it feeling?" Kagome questioned sincerely placing a soft hand on Kouga's shoulder in hopes he might let her examine his drenched form.
"Don't." Kouga warned jerking out of Kagome grip as he clawed his way to his feet eager to put much needed distance between himself and the confused girl beside him.
"If its bothering you that badly-" Kagome defended trailing after Kouga step for step. There was no need for him to be this angry, she could dull his pain easily enough given the chance?
Not willing to accept defeat she reached out for him, but instantly her wrist was caught in an all to tight hold as Kouga spun to face her. His face tight and his brow's narrowed in utter warning. A look Kagome would not soon forget, and glare that made her wish she had never approached the rabid wolf.
"I said. Don't." He seethed low and deadly.
Kagome swallowed down her fear as her fingers curled into her palm from the strain of Kouga's hand grasping onto her wrist.
"Kouga," She whispered reluctantly.
"You're hurting me." She breathed her hazel orbs filling with pleading for him to release her.
Kouga let out a laugh that had absolutely nothing to do with humor as he jerked Kagome forward the hard calloused pad of his palm instantly grasping her throat as he held her painfully tightly.
"You should be use to that by now." He hissed leaning so closely Kagome could feel his hot breath on her still rain dampened skin.
Her shifting orbs instantly filled with dread over what she was seeing. Kouga was beyond angry at her, she could see it in the way his azure orbs burned down at her. Whatever she had done, had unleashed something inside him she had hoped never to see.
But it was out, and she feared what might come next.
Bringing her panic to pulsating reality she felt herself being shoved backwards until the swell of the cave wall slammed into her back. She gasped but her breath was cut all to short with the amount of pressure Kouga was still gripping onto her throat with.
"And why shouldn't I? The things I've done to you. The things I still want to do-" Kouga rasped tracing his tongue of the shell of Kagome's ear.
Kagome felt panic rise in her chest. This was bound to end badly. When Kouga was like this, when he was angry with her. His restraint flew right out of his mind along with his senses. He could likely kill her accidentally in this state.
"Kou- please." Kagome whispered her eyes already beginning to fill with tears as she felt Kouga's wedge his knee between the meeting of her thighs to separate them.
"That's it. Beg me to stop…beg for me." Kouga smirked beginning a trail of open mouthed kisses down her throat and shoulder letting his hand fall away only to grasp hold of her breast.
Feeling even through the fabric her distended nipples due to the cold of her sopping clothing.
Kagome whimpered in defeat. Why was he doing this to her? What had she done?
Feeling her reluctance Kouga began to maneuver his knee in small hard circles to the apex of her sex. Even through the thickness of her kimono the friction felt incredible and sent her head spinning.
"You cant deny it. I smell you." Kouga rasped against her throat already feeling the moisture that was beginning to gather between her thighs that had nothing to do with the rain.
He nipped her neck roughly as his thumb flicked over the harden pebble of her breast before tugging roughly making Kagome's head fall back reflexively.
"You want me inside you. Right now." He whispered feeling his own desire begin to throb from beneath his dampened fur pelt.
More determined than before he gripped hold of the damp fabric of her kimono tugging it down roughly until one half parted just enough to reveal one perfect breast from beneath the fabric.
The hot wetness of his mouth was on the pink bud the moment it was revealed and Kagome couldn't help but gasp at the mind searing sensation.
Her skin was so cold from the dampness of the rain, and the way the heat from his mouth felt was something entirely new and disorienting in itself.
"S-Stop" Kagome whimper grasping hold of his shoulder tightly only for him to apply oh so more pressure against her sex with his knee.
The hidden walls of her womanhood contracting trying to pull something deeper that just wasn't there and making her world spiral.
Kouga groaned at the feeling of her squirming against him, the slipperiness of her wet breast against the hot pad of his palm. The over whelming scent of her sweet essence lingering between them drove him towards madness. And in this state he was in no mood to drag out the inevitable.
Abandoning her breast his hand found the material of her kimono shoving the drenched clothing upwards roughly as his other began rising her thigh coaxing it over his hip roughly.
Kagome gasped in panic at the forcefulness and clear desperate nature of Kouga's actions. She feared she wouldn't even have the time to protest at his frenzied pace. It wasn't until she actually felt the hardness of his length trace over the dampen lips of her sex did she realize if she wanted this to stop it had to be now!
"You promised!" Kagome shrilled hot tears trailing down her cool cheeks as she tried to meet his gaze.
Kouga froze in place pulling just far enough back to meet the trembling woman face to face. The moment his azure orbs meeting her exuberant hazel eyes he stilled.
She looked terrified, scared of what he was about to do to her, again. It wasn't until his eyes glanced to her still marred cheek did he pause to remember the vow he had made to her the night before.
"You wouldn't-" Kagome whispered her shifting bleary eyes trying to reach Kouga in any way she could at this point.
"Not until I asked you…remember?" She breathed praying he did.
Kagome watched as Kouga's jaw flexed as he barred his fangs tightly together just past his handsome lips. The tension of this entire situation higher than it ever had been as he began to retract his hands away from her hips and body.
Whatever promise he had made to the girl had been before he knew she longed for another. And right now all he wanted to do was burn that reality away. He wanted her to feel him inside of her. To know it was him stratifying the urges she never even knew she processed.
But that burning desire aside, he didn't want to hurt her. Not again.
Beyond furious at the entire situation his temper had thrown the two of them into he pulled away from her completely letting her partly slide down the stone wall his body had until this point held her too.
He turned from her back towards the raging storm outside. Listening to the pounding of the overhanging thunder and watching through furiously narrowed eyes the random flashes of lightning.
Kagome weakly found her footing enough to pry herself away from the cave wall as she shakily crossed her arms over her still partially exposed breast.
Her hazel orbs burning down onto the stone cave floor as she softly tried to blink the remainder of her tears away.
So Kouga's word really did mean something? It had been enough to stop something she had never been able to before. But still the question remained, if Kouga was willing to break his own promise. Then it had to have been for good reason. So the question that still plagued her. Was what had she done to provoke him?
"Why are you so angry at me?" Kagome whispered. It was obvious Kouga wasn't just going to explain himself to her and honestly at this point she felt like she had nothing else to lose.
Swallowing what little angst she could she turned to face the off staring wolf demon who didn't react at all to her pleading question. He only stood there back turned and standoffish as always.
Kagome felt her lip quiver but she instantly silenced herself from continuing with a sharp bite of her pearl teeth as she turned away from the obviously uncaring wolf demon.
She gave up trying to understand him. Maybe there wasn't anything to learn, maybe he was exactly what he always had been. Heartless.
"Who is Souta?" Kouga's voice cut through the silent void of the cave like a knife.
Kagome froze mid step at the sound. Her eyes wide and her breath hitched in her throat at the mention of her absent loved one. Who she had never once mentioned to the wolf demon in her shadow.
"Earlier in the valley. You said his name while you slept." He explained lowly.
Kagome stared over her bare shoulder to the still statue like wolf demon not daring to peer her direction. Was that what all this had been about? Kouga had actually…of all things…had he actually been… jealous? The mere idea of it seemed absurd.
What did he possibly have to feel insecure about. No man had ever done half the things he had inflicted upon her. She had literally been his in almost every sense of the word.
Yet a little thing like dreaming of another could cause this deep a level of insecurity to over take him?
"He's from your village isn't he." Kouga stated far to bluntly to be an actual question, but Kagome received the meaning all the same.
Kagome turned fully towards the reserved wolf demon wanting to gauge every reaction she could manage as he continually stood avoiding her gaze.
"He is." She confirmed.
"Who is he to you?" Kouga asked his entire posture seeming to tighten at the question, almost as if he didn't really want to know the answer.
Kagome felt her throat dry, how could she possibly respond to this. This entire situation was insane. He had been so consumed with worry over someone from her life yet he hadn't even cared to ask who until now?
"Do you love him?" He asked, for the first time since prying himself away from her body gazing over his shoulder to meet her hazel orbs.
Why did asking such a meaningless question plague him so? It left a hard uncomfortable knot in the pit of his stomach like there was no real way for to respond that would remove this feeling from deep inside.
But why? Why did he care so damn much about a pathetic human hundred of miles away? Maybe that's why it bothered him so much. It bothered him, because he was bothered.
He shouldn't give damn about what humans currently craved what was his. Yet he did. And he didn't like it. At all.
Kagome smiled weakly her eyes falling away from Kouga's gaze as she revisited the last memory she had of her younger brother. His soft face stained with tears as he was held back when the tribute leaders had come to escort her to the forest.
She could still hear the way he cried for her, even now.
"More than anyone." She confirmed wishing more than anything she could see his prideful little expression just one more time.
Kouga felt the knot in his stomach tighten almost to the point he actually felt physically ill at the realization that his suspicions had been right all along. Kagome really did crave another.
Fury pumped through his veins but he forced it down shielding what he actually felt behind a emotionless mask as he soldiered past Kagome.
So be it. The girl felt nothing for him, he would return the favor ten times over.
Kagome watched as Kouga brushed past her coldly and uncaring before once again she found her voice.
"He's my little brother." She whispered.
Kouga's feet rooted themselves on the rock flooring as he froze in place. His azure orbs wide and disbelieving at what he had just heard.
Instantly he turned to face the girl in his shadow who stared after him with an expression that made the breath hitch in his throat.
She wasn't angry, or even smug that she knowingly discovered how territorial the wolf demon standing before her could be. Instead she looked… understanding.
Like this entire misunderstanding had revealed something deeper to her than just his jealous nature. And in all honesty it just might have.
With the amount of flooding relief pumping through his body, it told him only one thing. The girl…actually meant something to him.
And that thought, made him feel absolutely gut wrenching sick.
"We should get some sleep." Kagome whispered brushing past the utterly stunned wolf demon to the waiting bed of furs. Exhausted in far more ways than just physical.
As the rain outside still hammered on.
At first it felt like a dream. The soft movement, the weightless feeling of marching forward yet never taking a single step. It was calming and honestly a feeling Kagome found herself not wanting to fight against.
That was until the familiar warmth of sun kissed her cheeks and ever so slowly her heavy eyes parted open. Peering ahead to nothing but the vast open space of open sky. The endless space illuminated with a blended mixture of soft orange and light pinks.
Steadily the realization that she and Kouga had indeed survived the hard night of each others company and the now non-existent storm settled in.
Peering up from her resting place on top of Kouga's back as he marched up the beaten path towards the mountain she took in the sight of the side of the wolf demons handsome face quietly.
Did this mean the fight the two of them had shared the previous night was now over?
"I didn't want to wake you." Kouga whispered over his shoulder gripping Kagome's thighs a bit tighter to adjust her more firmly against himself incase she felt like returning to her no doubt well needed sleep.
Kagome took his subtle gesture as she once again returned her weary head to the pad of his shoulder all the while watching as the sun began to seep further and further over the distant horizon.
Her previous question answered all to quickly with the gentleness of the wolf demon currently cradling him to her.
It was moments like this that really shed light on what the two of them were capable of becoming. More than just this bitter alliance, but not so much more that she would see him as any less than what he truly was.
Kagome curled her fingers against the soft fur attached to Kouga's armor softly. Her shimmering lips parting in question but struggling to find the right wording.
"Kouga?" She breathed.
Kouga's steady pace of marching forward never faltered by she felt him adjust a bit aiming his gaze a bit in her direction even though she didn't return it herself.
"Do you think…we could ever be friends?" Kagome whispered.
The azure eyed wolf demon paused for a response, letting a steady silence fill the void only momentarily as he tried to roll over the slightly strange question.
"Never had a human as a friend before." He replied evenly. Humans to him had always been nothing more than a passing amusement, food for his wolves, or a warm body for his bed.
To actually see one in another sort of clarity, seemed a strange concept altogether.
Kagome expected that response, but it didn't deter her. At least he hadn't instantly rejected the idea, and that alone gave her hope for a better future.
"Maybe I could be the first?" She added softly her bright hazel eyes reflecting the brilliant sunrise with an illuminating glow as she let herself relax a bit more into Kouga's strong hold.
Kouga walked along the carved cliff path solemnly. Say what you will about the human in his arms, she never lost her optimism. Even after all she had endured, she never lost that strive. That resilience, it was rarity in her kind, and one he could come to respect.
"Maybe." He whispered.
Who knew? Unlike the path they currently trudged upon, nothing in the future was set in stone.
Hang in there guys, next one coming soon.